Stylistic text analysis Chekhov's prose is written in a revealingly dull language; the writer usually avoids deliberate stylistic devices, but at the same time manages to touch the most sensitive strings in the reader's soul. The famous translator Vladimir Babkov, host of the telegram channel “Word Game” , discusses how he succeeds in this, using the example of an analysis of the story “Student” (1894), carried out as part of the course “How to Write Strongly”.